Summary

About

Overview

onAir Networks, a 501c3 nonprofit, oversees the management of the public onAir hubs and networks. onAir Networks has an exclusive license to use the onAir software platform from onAir Tech, a Public Benefit Corporation.

onAir Tech corporation, in addition to the development of its Knowledge and Information Sharing System (KISS), also supports public and custom hub administrators. onAir Tech focuses on custom hubs that share many of their posts with one or more public onAir hubs.

Supporting onAir

Individuals and organizations can support a hub in many ways including:

• Donating or providing grants to onAir Networks & specific hubs or networks;
• Sponsoring a post, category of posts, a newsletter, or entire Hub
• Purchasing a member post for an individual, group, organization,or project
• Volunteer to curate a public post and moderate its discussions, host videos and liverstreas, coordinate in person events, & participate in a hub advisory board

Select the Information icon in each hub’s site header to find out how to support a hub.

GMU Acknowledgements

George Mason University alumni, faculty, administrators, and supporters have been instrumental in developing the onAir software as well as our initial networks. Over 50 interns from Mason academic units including from the Volgenau School of Engineering, Schar School of Policy and Government, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Honors College. have participated in this work, most via a 6 credit, 20 hour a week internship programs.

For example, Todd Gillette, GMU PhD Neuroscience, 2015 has led the development of the onAir platform and Scott Joy, former GMU affiliate in the College of Science, has led the implementation of the onAir platform. Tom Davis, former GMU rector and US congressman, David Bulova, Virginia Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and former GMU state delegate,  and Don Beyer, US House member & GMU AI masters student have supported onAir in many ways including participation in online interviewsand in person events.

Videos

About US onAir Networks

October 29, 2025 (02:00)

This video has been narrated by: Karina Lipsman

Transcript:
A strong democracy … depends on … all of us ..
Introducing . United States … onAir …
A nonprofit nonpartisan network .. working to become .. the People’s Platform for Democracy A Network of Hubs

We are a network .. of 50 .. curated onAir state hubs … Who share their content with …… The national .. US onAir .. Hub ……… A New Resource for Democracy Now more than ever, we need unbiased information from sources you can trust …

Our onAir volunteers … from US colleges, universities, and nonpartisan organizations … Provide a new resource for democracy …. The Platform The US onAir Network of hubs connect citizens with their government … candidates … issues.. and each other By providing a platform on which users can find information on who represents them …. How to vote .. and much more …

US onAir is a place where you can Learn ……. Discuss ….… and Find Common Ground… With your representatives, experts, and fellow Americans … US onAir’s Mission Democracy … has always been a struggle … That is why our mission at US onAir is to bring together Americans to become better informed and engaged in our democracy… We support civil discussion and constructive and impactful solutions. Your Voice Matters Join the conversation … onAir Your Voice Matters… at … us.onair.cc

onAir Platform

onAir is a dynamic, web-based platform for Knowledge & Information Sharing (KISS). The onAir platform supports the development of public and custom onAir Hub websites that display posts curated by onAir members. All onAir public hubs are overseen by our 501c3 nonprofit onAir Networks and the nonprofits and universities we work with on each hub.

The onAir platform is like Wikipedia

• All onAir public Hubs are hosted on the “onair.cc” domain .
• OnAir  Hubs aggregate and promote the best, publicly available knowledge about a topic and its related news, events, resources, people, and organizations. OnAir Hubs also provide a variety of tools for Hub member engagement including forums in each post and aircasts (livestreamed zoom discussions).
• OnAir posts, by default, are under the CC-NC (Creative Commons-Non Commercial) license and can be shared with any other onAir Hub and automatically updated from the original post
• OnAir Networks provides its Hub organizers and managers with the support and guidance to make their Hub the go to place for their topic. OnAir Hubs can be customized by their administrators. OnAir also provides whatever design, development, and content support that is required.
• OnAir also develops and monitors the curation and moderation guidelines for the Hubs and manages the finances for each state hub. OnAir will share sponsor and other revenues with its hub administrative and curation partners.
• OAir hubs on any topic can be easily created, administered, and curated without any programming knowledge.
• OnAir Hubs have multiple ways of bringing together experts with each other, with students, and with the public to discuss best practices, new ideas, and innovative solutions. Every post has a forum that enables persistent, ongoing discussions on various topics as well as a place to ask questions and make suggestions, tell stories, and add endorsements.
• In addition, onAir supports professionally produced, livestreamed Zoom interviews, panels, town halls, and other discussion formats without requiring video expertise and displayable in posts and social media. OnAir also provides students with training on how to coordinate in person events

Data Ownership

OnAir was founded by people and for people, so we built the platform from the ground up to give users agency over how their data is stored.

Our entire platform utilizes cryptographically-secure protocols to minimize data leaks and allow users to only share what they feel comfortable with sharing.

We stand by keeping our communities safe from paywalls, abusive algorithms, and intrusive ads to ensure people are free to communicate within the bounds of our guidelines uninterrupted

onAir Posts

The onAir POST is the key element of the onAir platform. Posts can have content about a topic, person, or organization.  Posts are stored and displayed within a public or custom HUB, aggregating the best content on a topic. Public hubs are overseen by the nonprofit onAir Networks and other nonprofits. To learn more about the onAir user experience, go to this post.

• Posts are organized in categories and sub-categories in a hub’s site header and can appear in multiple categories within a hub as well as shared with other hubs;
• Posts can have, in addition to having text and images, all types of media such as YouTube videos, Google Docs, PDFs, and Wikipedia entries;
• Posts can also have news items embedded within them such as videos, articles, livestreams, and press releases;
• Every post author can also have a comment section for Q&A, feedback, and forum discussion.
• Posts can be shared via social media and email.

Networks & Hubs

Current networks and hubs under development are primarily focused on tech-related topics such as the Cyber onAir and AI onAir networks and the People’s Internet Hub. The US onAir network of 50 state government and politics related hubs were among some of the earlier hubs implemented using the onAir platform.

Each network has its own comment guidelines as well as its own Advisory Board.

onAir Content

Any web user, on a laptop, desktop computer or smartphone connected to the internet, can easily access content on any onAir Network hub for free.

All topical posts in onAir networks Hub websites is under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial with the additional condition that nonprofit websites, apps, and social media pages do not have advertisers. This CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license permits content sharing and adaptation as long as proper attribution is given to its author(s) and is used for non-commercial purposes.

All content in profile posts on people, organizations, and projects is copyrighted by default by a post’s lead author.

See Terms of Service for more information on how you can re-use Hub content and view Hub disclaimers.

Simply visiting a Hub does not expose your identity publicly nor will onAir Networks sell your information. See our Privacy Policy  to learn about how we don’t use cookies, track your usage, or sell your email address.

Comment guidelines can be found at the bottom of each Hub;s footer. We are dedicated to maintaining respectful, engaging and informative conversations.

onAir Membership

Becoming an onAir member is simple and free.  All that is required is your first and last name, your email address and your zipcode. You can also identify the issues you would like a hub’s curators and authors to address. When you submit your email address to become an onAir member, it is your option to have your address displayed. 

  Select the “Join” button in the site header of the hub you are interested in. 

  Becoming an onAir member will enable you to:

• Comment on posts in any onAir Hub;
• Curate and moderate public posts;
• Author and moderate news posts and have sponsors so can earn money from your contributions;
• Be able to follow posts and members and create your own My onAir user experience;
• Qualify to be an onAir Chapter member;
• Participate in aircasts (Aircasts are student-produced, livestreamed online discussions).
• Have your own Member post that you can copyright and also have sponsors so can earn money from your contributions.

onAir Curation

Curating a post and administering a hub is simple and intuitive requiring no programming experience. Any onAir member, with guidance from hub administrators, can curate public posts on a hub. In addition, onAir members can also start and curate new posts, moderate forums, and produce aircasts as long as they adhere to a hub’s curation guidelines. OnAir members can also start and curate, for a fee, a post on themselves (like LinkedIn), their organization, and projects. These posts will be clearly identified and be copyrighted by their owner. 

If your university research center or department, association, or other nonprofits would like to help manage and curate an onAir hub, contact the network (see address in central network hub’s footer). 

Benefits for nonprofit organizations

• Gain increased visibility and interaction with several audiences – both within and outside your organization
•  Recruit new people to your organization
• Attract new funding – from individuals, foundations, grants, corporate sponsors
• Establish ongoing communication with audiences – via onAir posts, aircasts, post forums, and in person events
• Can easily produce and monetize newsletters based on post content
• Connect with and influence federal, state, and local policy makers